What do you think of two middle names? Is it neccessary? Is there a reason you would or wouldn’t use two middle names?
If I had two people I really felt the need to honour, I would consider using two middles, but that’s about the only time I really consider it, or even think about it altogether. I highly doubt I will ever use a double middle.
I think this has been discussed to death on Nameberry, but I’ll respond. I think it’s trendy and unnecessary. Cute in theory, and a great way to use a bunch of names you love, but it’s a bear when filling out paperwork. I think in most cases, the person with two middles ends up dropping the second one for most general purposes. And as much fun as we have with names - how many of us use or know each others middles? We gave our first born a crazy middle name, and NO [name]ONE[/name] ever asks us what it is. It’s just the initial D on things. Now my 9-month-old has a unique middle too, and no one asks about that either. So why bother with giving them two middles they won’t use? I say, if you’re doing two middles to honor two people that you don’t want to tick off, go for it. Otherwise, it’s just going to give your kid a paperwork headache the rest of their lives.
I plan on giving my kids 2 middle names. The 1st middle name is a name i love and but can’t/wouldn’t use as a 1st name and the 2nd middle name honors a family member 
I like the idea of two middle names, but I think they’re too much in real life. Middle names are very rarely used, and unless I saw it as a real necessity (to honor family members, ect.) I wouldn’t do it.
- [name]Athena[/name]
I think it is way over the top to have two middle names. To me it sounds like the person is trying to make their children sound like little princes and princesses. I actually really dislike it, and think it is impractical.
My daughter has 2 middle names and they honour 2 very special people to me. Also i have not had any issues filling out paperwork for her…she is only 4 though.
Use the names you like if they work well together. Your child may fancy one over another, and at least, if they are given two, then have a choice in which they use.
We did two mns with our dd bc I was already set on using my maiden as a mn, but then I decided I really really wanted to put my gma’s name in there too. It has worked out fine so far. I personally wouldn’t do it except to honor family, etc. but to each her own.
We used two middles for our daughter. It is a very old, cultural tradition in my husband’s family and it really doesn’t add any burden as far as paperwork goes…besides she actually does have a title as part of her last name (not princess but countess) which brings her everyday last name from two words to four if/when we ever use it. Her family name and titles are so formal we felt it just was more consistent and we don’t regret it, we will do the same for furture girls. The family tradition is two given names for boys + two formal titles +two word last name. For girls it is three given names + two formal titles + two word last name.
It depends on the feeling you are going for but if like formal, I say go for it.
Honestly, if it wasn’t a cultural tradition I wouldn’t even use 1 middle name. I think it’s rather useless and basically only helpful as a way to separate yourself from other people in the country if your name is really common.
2 seems to be something you do if you want to seem snooty/high class/royal. It’s way too fussy for me unless at least 2 of the names are 1 syllable.
I love the idea of using two middle names. It’s a way for me use more names I love and I always try to incorporate meaning into the middle names. Almost all but two of the second middle are one syllable and short. The other is two syllables and short and the last one is longer but the first name is one syllable. I think if you balance the names out it can work. [name]Seraphina[/name] [name]Juliet[/name] [name]Magnolia[/name], not so much.
At the end of the day most people don’t know your middle name or even ask but I’m not doing it for other people, I’m doing for my child and me. Some day I’ll tell them how much thought I put into their names, what each name means and how special their names are to me.